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  • General info for English minor

    The course is provided in English as video lectures. The students are welcome to join the lecture parts where home assignments and essays are gone through/supervised by the lecturer and assistants.

    Main lecturer Hanna Renvall, Dept of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, hanna.renvall@aalto.fi, tel. 050-5010326

    Course assistants: Verna Heikkinen verna.heikkinen@aalto.fi, Pietari Nurmi pietari.nurmi@aalto.fi, Maria Peltonen maria.a.peltonen@aalto.fi, Sara Tuomaala sara.tuomaala@aalto.fi 

    Contacts: Via the website or by e-mail 

    Course objectives

    -- Understand the main functional principles within human organ systems and their relationships
    -- Recognize the pivotal anatomy related to main organic systems
    -- Understand the main regulatory mechanisms among human physiological systems
    -- Recognize the current techniques and principles in examining human physiological functions 

     

    Teaching material

    - Lectures (as videos and pdfs)

    - Course literature: Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy and Physiology/Wiley: Chapters 1, 3, 4, 10, 11.1-11.3, 12, 13.1-13.2, 13.7, 14-18, 19.1-19.7, 20-21.7, 23-27

    Course grading   

    Either 3 essays and 5 returned exercises during the course, OR final exam (first possibility for the final exam 16.4.2024)

    The grade weighting: essays 50%, exercises 50%; both are graded 1-5 and both parts should be passed

    Possibility for +1 in the final grade by returning a learning diary that includes
    -- Short description of the most important things you have learned
    -- Things that have remained unclear to you in the course lectures/topics
    -- Deepening of some of the course topics or of a related topic in a freely-chosen format (e.g. essay, own illustration, own video)

    The instructions and return boxes for the essays and exercises will appear at the website ~2-3 weeks before the deadlines. 

    Timetable 

    For the video lectures, the dates refer to the day when the videos are available at latest at the course website.

    9.1. Lecture 1: Introduction to physiology: 
             basic concepts, homeostasis and fluid balance, imaging in physiology 

    16.1. Lecture 2: Cells and tissues, with special reference to nerve and muscle tissues

    23.1. Lecture 3: The cardiovascular system
             - at 14.15 preparation for 1. home essay in the lecture hall

            - Deadline for 1. essay on 26.1. at 23.59

    30.1. Lecture 4:  The endocrine system and metabolism

    6.2. Lecture 5: Central and peripheral nervous system, motor control in humans

    13.2.  Preparation for 1. and 2. home assignments with the assistants in the lecture hall
          
              - Deadline for 1. and 2. home assignments on 23.2. at 23.59

    27.2. Lecture 6: Digestion and the urinary system 
             - at 14.15  Preparation for 3. home assignment and 2. essay with the assistants in the lecture hall

      5.3. Lecture 7: Respiration
     
            - Deadline for 3. home assignment and 2. essay on 10.3. at 23.59

    12.3. Lecture 8: Sensory systems

    19.3. Lecture 9: Autonomic nervous system; sleep and circadian rhythm 
            - at 14.15 preparation for 4. and 5. home assignments with the assistants in the lecture hall

             - Deadline for 4. and 5. home assignments on 28.3. at 23.59

    26.3. Lecture 10: Development and aging in organ systems & summary of the course
             - at 14.15 preparation for 3. essay with the assistants in the lecture hall
     
             - Deadline for 3. essay on 7.4. at 23.59

    9.4. Laboratory visit (voluntary, Doodle registration will be provided later) 1-hour groups between 15-20

    28.4. Deadline for the optional learning diary

    (16.4. exam)        



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